on the basis of
idiom
: according to : based on
Students were chosen/selected on the basis of their grades and test scores.
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That statute prohibits discrimination on the basis of race in contracts.
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Angela R. Logan, The Conversation, 19 June 2024
Winning a new trial on the basis of Bryant’s testimony was rejected all the way up to the Connecticut Supreme Court (with one justice dissenting).
—Glenn Kessler, Washington Post, 14 June 2024
While a consortium of Australian public health groups recommends a modest amount of sun exposure to residents on the basis of some of that evidence, American public health authorities don’t.
—Keren Landman, Vox, 10 June 2024
This device can exist in some finite set of states and can predict its own future state on the basis of its current one.
—Quanta Magazine, 10 June 2024
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Angela R. Logan, The Conversation, 19 June 2024
Winning a new trial on the basis of Bryant’s testimony was rejected all the way up to the Connecticut Supreme Court (with one justice dissenting).
—Glenn Kessler, Washington Post, 14 June 2024
While a consortium of Australian public health groups recommends a modest amount of sun exposure to residents on the basis of some of that evidence, American public health authorities don’t.
—Keren Landman, Vox, 10 June 2024
This device can exist in some finite set of states and can predict its own future state on the basis of its current one.
—Quanta Magazine, 10 June 2024
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“On the basis of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20basis%20of. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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